Friends Boarding Home of the Burlington Quarterly Meeting.

The Friends Boarding Home in Trenton, New Jersey, was established in 1898 by the Burlington Quarterly Meeting (Hicksite). Its purpose was to provide an inexpensive, permanent home for aging Quakers and others.

The house provided at a very low cost a room, meals, and a safe, friendly environment for elderly persons who did not require medical care. The number of residents averaged between ten and twenty. It was under the care of a Housing Committee appointed by the Burlington Quarterly Meeting and also had a Board of Managers. Since it was not self-supporting, the home depended on investments in the private sector, government loans and support, and private contributions. It was laid down by the Quarterly Meeting in 1985.

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